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Your WiFi, without reading it out

Type the network name and the password once. Whoever points a camera at it is connected.

  • The phone joins without anyone typing.

Your code

Fill in the content and your code appears here.


Reader

Read a code

Upload an image or use the camera. See what the code contains before you open it.

You can also paste an image with Ctrl/⌘ + V.

How it works

How to make your network's code

Type the network name

The SSID, exactly as it shows in the phone's list of networks. One stray capital and the code points at a network that does not exist.

Pick the security and the password

WPA/WPA2/WPA3 on almost every current router. If the network is hidden, tick the box — without it the phone will not go looking.

Download it in the format you will actually use

PNG for a screen or a chat. SVG if you are printing a sign, because it will not go blocky however large you make it.

A WiFi QR code is not a link. It is a line of text in a format phones have understood for years, carrying the network name, the security type and the password. The stock camera on an iPhone or an Android recognises that format and offers to join — no browser, nothing to install.

The detail that breaks most of these codes is the security type. If your router runs WPA2 and the code claims the network is open, the phone will try without a password and report that it cannot connect, without saying why. Choose WPA/WPA2/WPA3 unless your network genuinely has no password, and type the name exactly as it appears, capitals and spaces included.

Think about where the code will end up before you print it. The password rides inside it, so anyone who photographs the paper keeps it long after they have left. For a shop, an office or a short-term rental, generate the code for the guest network and keep the main one off the wall.

Remember too that the code is static — there is no server behind it to update. The day you change the router password, the sheet taped to the wall stops working and you need a new one. That is the same property that lets it work offline and never expire.

Questions about WiFi codes

Does it work on iPhone and Android?
Yes, with no extra app. The stock iPhone camera has recognised WiFi codes since iOS 11, and Android since version 10. Older phones need any general-purpose code reader.
I changed the router password. Does the code still work?
No. The password is written inside the code and is never looked up anywhere, so changing it on the router makes the code obsolete. Generate a new one and replace the printed copy.
Is it wise to stick it on the wall of a shop?
Only for the guest network. Anyone who photographs the code takes the password with them and keeps it after they leave, so the network carrying your payments or your cameras does not belong on a poster.
My network is hidden. Can I still use this?
Yes. Tick “Hidden network” when you create it. That flag tells the phone the network does not announce itself and has to be looked up by name.
Is the password sent to a server?
No. The code is assembled entirely in your browser; neither the password nor the network name leaves the device. You can check by going offline — the tool keeps working.